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Let's Talk

There's far more to conversation than giving orders

Friday, September 26, 2008

COME on now, admit it. How many parents are guilty of spending most of their time telling their children what to do or not do rather than having an enjoyable conversation?

Research has revealed as much as two-thirds of conversation between parents and child is about...

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City areas 'worst in Devon' for baby talk

Mum Priya Vengadessan with her   16-month-old daughter Praveena  MARTIN WHITHAM EE170908_MW06_04

Thursday, September 25, 2008

BY the age of two, most toddlers will know around 300 different words and their vocabulary will keep growing if they get lots of opportunities...

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Without the ability to communicate kids are cut off from the world

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

IT is difficult to imagine living in a world where no one understands what you are thinking, feeling or want, yet that is the situation some...

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Talking with your baby will help to develop life skills

Pippa Full talks to her newborn son Alastair   LAURENCE UNDERHILL EE160908_LU03_04

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

EVERY parent wants their child to have the best start in life but despite all the best intentions, many aren't getting it in Exeter. It has...

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How to engage in the art of brilliant conversation

Spelling out the Let's Talk message at Cedars Nursery, Beacon Heath, are, back from left, Seth Connabear, Henry Sercombe, Amy McMullen, Mackenzie Steadman. Front, from left, Kacey Voaden, Sam McMullen, Lauren Edwards and Luca Lemay Palmer-Tye  MATT MINSHULL EE180908_MM06_01

Monday, September 22, 2008

A LACK of chat in some Exeter homes is having a serious impact on children's development, statistics show. More than half of children in one...

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